When you think about the best Iowa football recruiting classes, they come down to sealing the borders of the state, landing the best prospects from Iowa, mining some nearby states and sprinkling in some talent from around the country. That’s precisely what the staff has done in 2020.
One of those top in state players the staff fought hard to keep home and away from Iowa State was Cedar Rapids Xavier linebacker Ethan Hurkett. Hurkett committed to Iowa roughly 10 months ago in February. Today, he is officially an Iowa Hawkeye.
Hurkett is a prototypical Iowa recruit.